Colne
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Colne () is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Pendle in Lancashire, England. The town is northeast of Nelson, northeast of Burnley and east of Preston.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.population
- 17,855
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 Census)
- UK place.official_name
- Colne
- UK place.civil_parish
- Colne
- UK place.shire_district
- Pendle
- UK place.shire_county
- Lancashire
- UK place.region
- North West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Pendle and Clitheroe
- UK place.post_town
- COLNE
- UK place.postcode_district
- BB8
- UK place.postcode_area
- BB
- UK place.dial_code
- 01282
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SD884399
- UK place.static_image_name
- Colne.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Colne, with its town hall on the horizon
- UK place.pushpin_map
- United Kingdom Borough of Pendle
- UK place.pushpin_map_caption
- Shown within Pendle Borough
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
22 sectionsContents
- History
- Governance
- Demographics
- Economy
- Landmarks
- Transport
- Education
- Colne Grammar School
- Pre-schools
- Primary schools
- High schools
- Colleges and further education
- Religion
- Sports and leisure
- Media
- Notable people
- Sport
- See also
- References
- Notes
- Bibliography
- External links
Colne () is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Pendle in Lancashire, England. The town is northeast of Nelson, northeast of Burnley and east of Preston.
The town should not be confused with the unrelated Colne Valley around the River Colne near Huddersfield in West Yorkshire.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Colne” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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